Sen. Chris Coons: U.S. strikes on Iran could ultimately be a positive step

Gottheimer, Stefanik launch caucus to combat antisemitism on college campuses

Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced that they are launching the Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Caucus during a visit to Vanderbilt University on Tuesday. The announcement was made during an event with Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and the leaders of the University of Kentucky, University of Texas at Austin, Dartmouth College,... <a href="">Read More</a>

Coalition of Michigan Jewish leaders sets out ‘nonnegotiable’ demands for El-Sayed, Democrats

A group of more than a dozen Michigan rabbis, cantors and Jewish lay leaders from across the state launched a new petition campaign on Tuesday to pressure Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee, to affirm a series of “nonnegotiable” commitments to the Jewish community, arguing that failing to do so would jeopardize Jewish support for... <a href="">Read More</a>

Sen. Rick Scott urges Trump to pave pathway for Canadian Jews to emigrate to U.S.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is urging President Donald Trump to establish an expedited legal pathway for Jewish Canadians to obtain refugee status in the United States amid rising antisemitism in Canada.&nbsp; In a letter to the president on Tuesday, Scott encouraged Trump to set up a refugee program for Canadian Jews to legally seek refuge... <a href="">Read More</a>

Former Trump official: U.K. sanctions will render Europe ‘less relevant in Middle Eastern affairs’

Former White House officials and diplomats say the U.K. government’s decision to slap sweeping new sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements is primarily a bid to appease far-left political factions in England, warning that while the move is unlikely to alter Israeli behavior on the ground, it risks increasing diplomatic friction between London, Jerusalem and... <a href="">Read More</a>

Rubio holds back criticism of U.K. sanctions against Israeli settlements

Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a tepid response on Tuesday to the United Kingdom’s new sanctions regime against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. “Obviously, we’re not going to do what the U.K. did,” Rubio told reporters during a trip to Colombia when asked about U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s announcement, but said he... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/profiles/eve-rosenbaum/">Read More</a>